Price of Management

Earl Ranzhel, one of the six families after the martial arts, was depressed.

Earl Ranzhel's lungs flooded with cold weather as winter broke.

Earl Ranzhel eventually lay down, and even after drinking his healing potion, he had no strength to move on.

At the time of his death, Earl Ranzhel announced a will he had written.

In summary, it meant that he would appoint his eldest son, Jason Lanchel, as his successor, and the rest of the children would either leave the land or inherit the merchant guild that was run by the family.

It was the right choice.

History proves that the firstborn succession is the most stable.

Furthermore, since Jason's family had an argument with his wife and family, there was a high likelihood that another brother would become a household owner.

Above all, there was not a son with the same qualities as my father, Earl Wolfgang Lanchel.

Earl Ranzhel has led the Great Six Gates of the Baden River as a leader after the establishment.

There was no longer a charismatic figure who could become such a post school leader. This meant that the physical climate that united us would lose its compassion.

For this reason, the nobles of the Jehovah tribe did not hide their anxiety.

It was because the lack of concentration was no longer able to work together in one consistent direction, like in Wolfgang Lanchel's day.

At that point, Jason, the eldest son, who became the next household owner, began to carry out the family duties of his father. The handover had already begun as the next heir.

Nevertheless, Jason's uncomfortable planting did not improve.

“Hehehe, I knew this would happen! ”

Jason couldn't hide his tears.

The work he was doing as a housekeeper was completely missing an important ambassador.

The reason was simple.

This is because his sick father, Earl Ranzhel, was lying on the bed and giving orders to Baron Evan Taylor himself to deal with the ambassador.

The most important issue was that I would not leave it to my oldest son Jason.

“Even though I'm the heir, I'm still the ugly one! ”

A long time ago, a 13-year-old boy from the slums pretended to be the son of a servant and snuck into a mansion and stole food.

After a routine petty theft, he was eventually caught in the wild and driven out, which Earl Ranzhel inadvertently found useful.

The petty thief boy was now Baron Evan Taylor, the right-hand man of his father called Ranzhel's janitor.

Why don't you trust your first-born son? That's what Jason's always been about.

I don't know how hard I've tried to be recognized by my father. I put more effort into fierce succession competition than other brothers.

The result is this.

“You won't trust me until you die, is that it?! Father!"

Jason had no way of enduring the rage. The grudge and affection that had accumulated since childhood exploded at once.

Jason roars into the bedroom of his father, Earl Ranzhel.

When I got to the bedroom, I wanted to run in and scream, but the escort knights were blocking the door.

“Father!"

Jason shouts at the door.

“Come in.”

You hear that cold voice, one of the causes that drove him crazy inside.

“Get out of the way!"

Jason pushes the knights away and goes inside.

Earl Ranzhel lies on his bed, still staring at him with cold eyes.

“Don't show your emotions in front of your patrons. No one likes an easily shaken monarch. ”

“ ……. ”

It was Jason who was speechless.

However, he soon recalled his grumbling and grumbling and said in a ferocious way.

“What happened?! Why did Baron Evan Taylor leave to discuss defense against the Horn Empire invasion?! ”

“Because I told Evan what I wanted to do. ”

“I am the successor! ”

“I am Gaju. ”

“To the end! To the end I'm incompetent? ”

“ ……. ”

To the silent Earl Ranzhel, Jason poured all his grudges against his father.

“You're telling me I can't just sit here and do something important until I'm ready to die?" Shouldn't you have let me take Evan Taylor's place? ”

“You can't replace me. ”

“Hehehe. Yes, I'm too incompetent to take your place. You also appointed me as your successor because my wife and family are strong, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have made a kicker like me, hahaha! ”

The sound of a horror-like laughter resounds. Earl Ranzhel opens his mouth, watching this quietly.

“You're not me, Jason. ”

“That sound again! Yes, I know! You're boring me!”

“You misunderstand. You're a completely different person than I am. Evan acted like himself because he knew how to think like me, but you can't. What would have happened if I had used you as my right hand? You would have tried to look like me over and over again, learning my ways beneath me. But because your natural nature is different from mine, you were desperate to become like me. It wasn't because I was incompetent to you that I failed to use you. ”

Jason was dumbfounded.

Earl Ranzhel continued:

“I had three brothers. Two of them died in illnesses and accidents. ”

“…… I know. ”

“I killed them both. ”

“Yes?! ”

He said to Jason who was shocked.

“I am this man. Endlessly confronts someone, fights them, and victoriously wins. You don't know how to compromise with someone. So this time, it was difficult to negotiate the Baden River. I'm basically an uncompromising race. If I could have lived a little longer, I wouldn't have gone back so easily. ”

“ ……. ”

“Think about it. I've never accused you of being incompetent, even if I did. Isn't that right?”

“W-why... why didn't you say that to me before? Why did you let me keep grumbling against your father? ”

“That's cheesy comforting to say. ”

“I am your son! ”

“Don't try to gain your identity through me. If someone asks you who you are, you must not answer that you are my son. You just have to be Jason Randall. Humans are alive because they think for themselves. You can't lean on me and give up thinking for yourself. Do not try to imitate my thoughts, but find your own philosophy and subjects. That's you."

“Just... can't you just be your son?" ”

There were tears in Jason's eyes.

Earl Ranzhel shakes his head.

“No. ”

“ ……. ”

Jason wept. The hearts that wanted my father and grumbled and were angry melted into tears.

Earl Ranzhel closes his eyes without seeing such a son.

“Jason, don't live like me. Times were constantly changing, and the age I led was over. Behold now. I was a mortal in constant combat, so I had to face the Ledon and the Horn kingdoms and the Orient kingdoms as enemies during the Baden River negotiations. Turning someone against you is now a politician who cannot survive. ”

“ ……. ”

“Beware of Emperor Kars and pay attention to Caroc Kunt. They are the few people who have caused me any trouble. ”

“Keep in mind... I will. ”

“While my life is still on the line, explore the world a little more and look at politics from your point of view. Then you will be able to set your own governance direction that is different from mine. ”

“Yes.”

“Goodbye, then. ”

“Yes, Father……. ”

Jason had no choice but to return to the Oval Office, leaving his ailing father behind.

However, I could feel the tears that had settled in my heart had disappeared.

It was because I realized that it was all meaningless to blame my father.

“I'm just Jason Lanchel……. ”

When I returned to the office and sat down, I found a letter on the table. On the seal of the letter was a family crest I had never seen before.

Where is it?

Jason unseals and opens the letter.

"Dear Prince Jason Lanzhel,

From December 7th to 13th, I invite you to celebrate the birth of Earl Ranzhel's daughter, Arthur, Duke of Kunt, to join me in celebrating the birth of Earl Jason Ranzhel. It would be an honor for you to attend the banquet and shine.

-Kunt Writer

“Huh!”

I was filled with laughter.

"Invite me"? ’

I can't believe you invited yourself to a banquet full of royal greetings. by the Karoc Kunt family, who led the Baden River negotiations and hit the landscape.

“I don't know what this is, but I think it's a ploy to see me. ”

Jason crumples the invitation and throws it to the ground. It was not worth the effort.

‘No, wait. ’

It was Jason who came to my father's attention.

“Before you become a house owner, explore the world a little more and look at politics from your point of view. Then you will be able to set your own governance direction that is different from mine. ”

Now that I think about it, there's no reason to decline the invitation.

Jason always remembered his father, Earl Ranzhel, who had suffered without losing his temper.

There was no reason not to be able to attend a banquet hall filled with static people who had no one on their side. You're not a coward. I am going to attend fairly and take a look at the leaders of the regime one by one.

Father's advice to look around the world means to look at those who move the world and come.

Jason reacquires a crooked invitation.

“Fine. I'll give you a look with my own eyes. ”